Are taxi drivers no longer helping passengers with luggage?
Before you come at me for being self-entitled, I just want to say that I genuinely want to know. I have been away from Singapore for the last 6 months and live out of Singapore for periods of three to six months.
This time, upon being back, I realized that there has been a marked change towards helping passengers with their luggage.
I remember that taxi drivers have always been very helpful in bringing up my luggages to the trunks of their taxis.
So I am just asking if there has been a blanket policy change cos suddenly it is like there has been a silent consensus not to carry luggages anymore.
It would be good to know cos then I would just go ahead to lug them up myself instead of standing and waiting by the trunk.
Netizens’ comments
- Came back from Thailand last week-end, and the taxi uncle helped me load/unload. Similarly on my last few trips, either from a Taxi or Grab/GoJek.
Maybe you got unlucky? - No blanket policy. Depends on their mood. You just got unlucky. Once I tried to do it myself, but accidentally knocked it against the driver’s car (was a Grab), and he was visibly displeased. So I think there’s still reason for drivers to prefer to do it themselves.
- It’s up to the individual driver. Some may do it because they feel like it, some may do it because they don’t trust passengers to not knock the car, or place them properly in the boot to minimise the chance of it sliding. Or maybe the driver is worried about pulling a muscle or has a bad back. They’re not covered by the company if they hurt their back lifting heavy luggage.
- For my trips since last year, so far all of the taxi n Phv have helped me. Maybe because I look weak.